Aug 2011 - Climbing
a road trip
Share- Friday, August 5, 2011
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Couchsurfed with Kris, Moses and Roma.
Friday night - Tonic Lounge, Belmont Inn
Saturday night - Horse Brass Tavern w/ couchsurfing friend Fatima from Barbados
Sunday night - food and free pool with Chas at The Goodfoot (http://thegoodfoot.com/) - Monday, August 8, 2011
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Drove to Morton in the evening to go to Rainier the next day. Stayed at The Seasons Motel - very nice but overpriced, especially considering the braking trucks on rt 12 all night long. - Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Mount Rainier National Park55210 238th Ave E, Ashford, WA | (360) 569-0526
Toured Mt Rainier Park with couchsurfing friend Fatima. I had hosted her in Klamath Falls and gone to Crater Lake for a day there. Met briefly with the other climber at the end of the day to get our bureaucratic climbing permission requirements taken care of. -
Went to Yakima for Fatima to get a bus back to Portland. Spent the night. Found a great coffee shop - North Town I think. - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Mount Rainier National Park55210 238th Ave E, Ashford, WA | (360) 569-0526
Met the other climber at lunch time to start our climb. We organized and packed gear and carried heavy packs 2-3 hours up to Glacier Basin. In the morning he announced he did not want to carry a full pack any further and we hiked back out. - Thursday, August 11, 2011
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After the aborted climb of Rainier I went back to Yakima. It's the closest place to the east side of the park and is in the right direction. Stayed at the Sun Country Inn, a good deal with nice rooms and very quiet. The next day I worked in the coffee shop I found previously until late evening then drove towards Spokane and camped in the van at a rest area along the Columbia River. - Saturday, August 13, 2011
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Drove to Spokane to visit a friend from Corvallis a long time ago, Teena. She and John had me for dinner and invited me to stay on their futon. I also looked for potential new mountaineering boots at Mountain Gear and REI. - Monday, August 15, 2011
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From Spokane I drove to Missoula, spending the night in the van near Lookout Pass. Monday night there was great live music at the Top Hat downtown. First a rock band and a few pints, then a bluegrass band and a few more pints.:) I found a forest road east of town to camp along. - Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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Spent the day driving to Columbus to meet two climbers for an attempt at Granite Peak. We got some gear straightened out in the evening and had dinner at a local bar/grill. I packed my own pack in an empty parking lot with a light and found an empty fishing campground for the night. - Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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From the 17th to the 19th we were on Granite Peak, Roscoe is the nearest town. On the 17th one guy used a horse packer for a ride up to Rosebud Saddle, and there was a minimum on the number of horses so the other guy and I had our gear transported too and we hiked up quickly. They decided to get as far up Froze-to-Death plateau as possible and try for the summit the next day. On the 18th we climbed. Things went very very slowly and at some point I told them we could continue but were risking getting back after dark and having a hard time finding camp in the dark. Which is what happened, so it was a long day. On the 19th we made the previous nights dinner for breakfast and started the hike out around noon. We got to the trailhead around 6. I got dinner in Roscoe and went to Red Lodge, camping at a trailhead outside town I knew of from the past. - Friday, August 19, 2011
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I stayed in Red Lodge Friday night and Saturday night. I washed up Sat morning and spent most of the day at Coffee Factory Roasters catching up on things. Then I took a nap and made dinner. I had planned to go out for a beer but decided not to bother. Sunday I went to the coffee shop again until late afternoon. - Sunday, August 21, 2011
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Yellowstone National Park200 Old Yellowstone Trl, Gardiner, MT | (307) 344-7381
From Red Lodge I drove over Beartooth Pass, an incredible road only passable in summer. After some steep climbing it goes to Cooke City and the NE entrance to Yellowstone. I had timed it so that the fee booth was closed (so I wouldn't pay a full entrance fee just to pass through) and drove to the N entrance where I found a place to park and sleep a short way from the park. - Monday, August 22, 2011
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On Monday I planned to go to Missoula. I was almost there when my van broke down which turned out to be the fuel pump. After wasting most of the week and over $600 (which I am still contesting) at vtec, which is for some reason AAA certified, the problem was diagnosed and repaired in less than a day Friday by Billy at Scotts EQ. I had found a couchsurfing host and stayed until Saturday in order to swim in the Clark Fork and leave in the evening when it was cool. - Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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- Friday, August 26, 2011
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- total distance: 2,030 miles (3.267 km)
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